Through God the Holy Spirit I become a member of Christ and all His benefits.- First, that the Spirit, with the Father and the Son is eternal God.
For the Bible Tells Me So...
Genesis 1:1,2 In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without
form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the
deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the
face of the waters.
Matthew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples
of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 5:3,4 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan
filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep
back part of the price of the land for yourself? 4
“While it remained, was it not your own? And after
it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have
you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not
lied to men but to God.”
1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are
the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells
in you?
- Second, that the Spirit is given also to me,
For the Bible Tells Me So...
1 Corinthians 6:19 Or do you not know that your
body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you,
whom you have from God, and you are not your
own?
2 Corinthians 1:21,22 Now He who establishes
us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22
who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our
hearts as a guarantee.
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has
sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts,
crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you
heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation;
in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with
the Holy Spirit of promise.
- so that, through true faith, He makes me share in Christ and all His benefits,
For the Bible Tells Me So...
Galatians 3:14 …that the blessing of Abraham
might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that
we might receive the promise of the Spirit through
faith.
1 Peter 1:2 …elect according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit,
for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus
Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
For the Bible Tells Me So...
John 15:26 But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
Acts 9:31. Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
- and will remain with me forever.
For the Bible Tells Me So...
John 14:16-17 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
1 Peter 4:14. If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.
The Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 20
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